Art Berke, a lifelong White Sox fan, has worked at the highest levels of the sports industry with Major League Baseball, ABC Television and Sports Illustrated. He grew up in Northwest Indiana, in the shadow of old Comiskey Park, and proudly proclaims 2005 as the best year of his life. Art offers his glass half-full opinions and observations as he lives and dies with the Sox.

I Know It’s Early, But….

Despite the split in Toronto, there were encouraging signs that the Sox might start hitting and playing better baseball overall.

That certainly wasn’t the case last night as Tribe rookie Matt Talbot (pictured above) dominated the South Siders 6-2 . The Sox, the pick of many to win the AL Central, are now 4-7 and in last place four games behind the division-leading Twins.

“Like I keep saying,” a seemingly patient Ozzie told reporters after the game. “When you’re not swinging the bat good, you’re not pitching well, the more you think about it, the worse it gets.”

It’s not that Ozzie won’t be making adjustments. Today, he will move Mark Teahen and AJPierzynski up in the order and will put Andruw Jones in left against Cleveland’s JakeWestbrook. It’ll be Jake Peavy, trying to rebound, for the Pale Hose.

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